Our planet’s last glacial period (colloquially known as the Ice Age) began around 115,000 years ago and lasted for over 103,000 years of the Pleistocene Epoch. During this time, ...

Past ice sheets have retreated rapidly, raising global sea level at rates >1 cm per year, with marine ice sheets collapsing and terrestrial ice sheets retreating in a more gradual fashion.

KXAN Austin First Warning Weather Q&A: Climate change, Interglacial periods & Noctilucent clouds Posted: March 9, 2025 | Last updated: March 9, 2025 Meteorologist Rich Segal answers viewer ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Beginning around 2.5 million years ago, Earth entered an era marked by successive ice ages and interglacial periods, emerging from the last glaciation around 11,700 ...

Scientists have long known that shifts in Earth’s orbit influence transitions between ice ages and warmer interglacial periods. But until now, they could not pinpoint which orbital factors ...